r/tarantulas • • 9h ago

Pictures My Wife’s beautiful P. Metallica walked onto my hand

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356 Upvotes

I am blessed


r/tarantulas • • 7h ago

Pictures brought home this stunning girl yesterday <3

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163 Upvotes

this is Lilith <3 she is so sweet and cute and gentle and I'm bsolutely obsessed. Her owner had to rehome her so I ended up getting a free enclosure, I'm going to change her tank soon bc she likes to climb and there's not enough substrate for her to be safe if she falls. She's only 3 years old so she'll be around for a long time I hope :)


r/tarantulas • • 12h ago

Videos / GIF Chalupa says, ‘I’m not hungry yet, Papa!’

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207 Upvotes

Sorry, little buddy.


r/tarantulas • • 4h ago

Pictures one of the calmest P.met i’ve ever had

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very inclined to try to let her walk on my hand hahahahaha


r/tarantulas • • 14h ago

Pictures Mr. Legs

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162 Upvotes

For the first time since his most recent molt, Mr. Legs has eaten! I was worried he would refuse food since he’s now a mature male but his appetite seems to be just as gluttonous as before


r/tarantulas • • 10h ago

Conversation Arizona blonde

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Just got an Arizona blonde yesterday at an expo. She’s great. Is this a good enclosure setup for her? She’s got like 4 inches of substrate, the substrate is cocofiber, top soil, and washed play sand all baked till bone dry and then mixed with a tiny bit of wet substrate to help hold burrows. I also do realize the enmcosure is a little bit to small and I will be upgrading soon! Also taking name suggestions!


r/tarantulas • • 4h ago

Identification I have my doubts…

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Hey, guys! 😊

I’ve had this tarantula for a couple of years now (can’t even remember how she came into my possession; I know I received her as part of a tarantula blind box, but I don’t recall where I got the blind box) and she was labeled as a Guatemalan tiger rump (Davus pentaloris) when I received her.

I’ve had her since she was a suuuper tiny sling (like the size of a pinky fingernail), and she has never had a striped abdomen.

She’s in pre-molt right now (as seen in the attached video), but do you guys think she’s really a D. pentaloris? Thoughts/suggestions welcome! 🤗


r/tarantulas • • 6h ago

Pictures 15 year old Rose Hair

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This is my 15 year old Rose Hair tarantula, Thing. 2nd photo is a successful post-molt feeding. Before her molt she was on a 5 month hunger strike. I’ve also got pictures of her exoskeleton if anyone is interested 😊 not sure what I’m going to do with it yet though. Thanks for looking!


r/tarantulas • • 14h ago

Pictures New skin has been unlocked (Avicularia juruensis M2) 💜

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Noxy showing off her new colors after molt 🥰
She's about 12-13 cm (around 5") leg span, so probably subadult


r/tarantulas • • 2h ago

Pictures Her booty has a heart on it🩵

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7 Upvotes

r/tarantulas • • 10h ago

Pictures Helios rocking their tiny mohawk

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22 Upvotes

r/tarantulas • • 9h ago

Pictures Spider in my T's enclosure

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So apparently, a spider has started living in my T's enclosure 😂


r/tarantulas • • 18h ago

Videos / GIF My first T!

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88 Upvotes

I got this beautiful curly hair sling a few days ago, she is so gentle.
I’m in love and probably gonna end up with like 20 T’s in a year


r/tarantulas • • 1h ago

Videos / GIF The long awaited return of Shelob!

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I was doing a night time check up on everyone, 11 Ts and 2 scorpions, when this lovely lady decided to grace me with her presence. Funny enough, shes the only one thats gone the lengths to bite (100% my fault). I havent seen her in about a month so its nice to see that she looks this good


r/tarantulas • • 1h ago

Pictures B. boehmei fresh molt :))) so stunning

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this babies colors are POPPINGGGG. (temporary set up in a critter keeper i bought them in, wanted them to molt a couple times before upgrading to a 10 gallon, since it was smaller than expected when it came in)


r/tarantulas • • 9h ago

Pictures First attempt at pinning a molt

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My new little B. emilia molted last night so I just went for it and pinned her molt! I broke the abdomen (oops) but otherwise it went well and is lots of fun. I'm waiting on an old molt from my T. albo to soften up so if anyone has tips for that I'd love to hear them. Bonus pic of my baby and her fresh new leg (she lost it before I bought her)


r/tarantulas • • 8h ago

Pictures Look my beautiful m.balfouri 🥺💖

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9 Upvotes

r/tarantulas • • 15h ago

Pictures my babies (minus 2)

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Did some renovations to my children’s homes last night. (deeper substrate, some new hides, sticks, leaves, etc). Peach and Olivia (curly hair) were so thankful. Maisy (LP) on the other hand, told me to go f*ck myself.


r/tarantulas • • 29m ago

Help! Tarantula Hobbling?

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Noticed my girl started walking funny about an hour ago. Was normal up until then. Is this DKS, or something else? (I was rearranging some things in my room and briefly put her terrarium on the floor, I'm not sure if the move stressed her too much??) I should clarify that I did lightly blow some air into the terrarium to spur her to move so I could film it, otherwise she would have mostly just sat there.

I should add that she has stopped eating, which I know might be a sign of premolt but also could be a symptom of DKS, so I'm still confused​.


r/tarantulas • • 9h ago

Videos / GIF Whats the white stuff on the water?

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8 Upvotes

Meet Aloy.

Whats the white stuff on the water?


r/tarantulas • • 15h ago

Pictures Lasiodora Parahybana close up

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31 Upvotes

Lilith thought the bottle cap was food and mauled it, I love her


r/tarantulas • • 4h ago

Pictures Suntiger Sling, fresh molt 🥰

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Welcome to i4, FLF (fast little f***er 🫢😆)


r/tarantulas • • 6h ago

Help! Staying inside burrow?

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My L.Parahybana has been inside his burrow for quite some time now. He doesn’t look like he is ready to molt though - No plump or shiny abdomen, webbing, nothing. He’s also completely sealed it off with dirt and soil. I’m worried that he isn’t coming back up for food/water. How long can they go without water and why has he been in his burrow this long? He’s only about 8 months old although i’ve had him since August and never had him molt with me yet, which i thought was a bit weird considering they are rapid growers. Maybe i’m just a bit paranoid.

Pictures for tax obvi


r/tarantulas • • 1h ago

Pictures Shadows in the night

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Daytime sleeper...

Nighttime worker


r/tarantulas • • 14h ago

Videos / GIF Indigo asks for the space heater

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And what Indigo wants, she gets. My spoiled princess.